New Design! ✨🌊 Amphidrome 🌊✨ 💖 This calm & easy-to-work project is the antidote to the chaos of everyday life. A warm scarf, a pretty wrap & a light blanket all in one! 🌟 The pattern has a video tutorial to get you started & the instructions are both charted and written out. 🧶 Knit in beautiful BFL silk yarn from @thewoolkitchen in the aptly-named Twilight colour way. These pics do not do it justice! Check out TheWoolKitchen.com 👀 for yarn kits 🎁 As ever- subscribers to the EastLondonKnit newsletter get an exclusive discount! 🧐 From the Greek amphi ‘around’ & dromos ‘running’ describing the still central point of a wave system around which the tides rotate. 💻 Pattern available on @hi.ravelry and @lovecraftsknitting Links in profile! 🤓 tech edited by star editor @findmeknitting 😘 #EastLondonKnit #TheWoolKitchen #AmphidromeShawl https://www.instagram.com/p/CMry7RkJr_W/?igshid=1phmyxtvhqpcl
Hey there knit folk, I have a new pattern out today! Amphidrome is a large rectangular shawl knit from the centre out, with an easy-to-memorise lace pattern. It is A Very Useful Knit; a warm scarf to wear over all the knitwear, a pretty wrap to go out with in the spring time, a light blanket when you are travelling. It is meditative, pleasing-to-work knit, and a great excuse to get some beautiful DK yarn from The Wool Kitchen. I used the colour way Twilight, which is so very gorgeous! Sign up to the EastLondonKnit newsletter for an exclusive discount;)
Hey hey everybody! How's it going?! I haven't really known what to post lately, so posting nothing seemed appropriate. Between our latest lockdown, recovering (slowly but surely) from an unexpectedly severe surgery, and the horrors of the political systems in my homelands, this year has been quite the kick in the teeth. How has everyone been keeping sane? No, really, what have you been doing to be able to stand it? Normally knitting would be my refuge in stressful times, but this year I have struggled to knit. A combo of lacking motivation & then after surgery, I couldn't see or concentrate very well, means I have barely knit a stitch until recently. I found other ways to entertain myself, such as drawing pictures (I recently started posting my sketchbook pics on @alovelettertoa ). And just in the last couple of weeks, I have felt the urge & the ability to knit again. It is such a relief. It doesn't take away from the sick feeling I get when I hear the orange conman's name, but there is some soothing to be found in the stitches once again. I hope you are well, & I am sending my love out to everyone holding their breath right now. It’s looking hopeful... [photo description: Renée looks at the camera smiling with her hand on her head. She wears A Sweater for Lucille, knit in grey and blue Tamar yarn from @blackeryarns. ] https://www.instagram.com/p/CHQLxfqpnqw/?igshid=8dgo1l44z2n5
Thank you so much for your LumaLee love! It means a lot ✨🖤✨ Pattern available on @hi.ravelry and @lovecraftsknitting Yarn from @thefibrecompany I used Luma yarn in the Shadow colourway. [image description: photo 1: Renée wears a grey cardigan, holding the hem stretching the cardigan fabric to show off the cable and eyelet pattern. Photo 2: Renée stands on a beach smiling with her hands in her jeans pockets wearing the LumaLee cardigan] https://www.instagram.com/p/CG2jLR5pHjX/?igshid=1f5se7ihoqy40
🌜LumaLee 🌛 I have a new pattern out for you! #lumaleecardigan is a seamless, top-down cardi with an oversized fit & an allover pattern of cables & lace knit in beautiful Luma yarn from @thefibrecompany 🖤🖤🖤 Subscribers to the EastLondonKnit newsletter will get an exclusive discount! Link in profile. Details in my profile: the first link takes you to the @hi.ravelry pattern page & the @lovecraftsknitting logo takes you to the pattern in lovecrafts.com [image description: in picture 1 Renée stands on a beach with her back to the camera, wearing a dark grey cardigan knit with cables & lace eyelets. Photo 2 shows Renée wearing the same cardigan, with just the front visible] https://www.instagram.com/p/CG0DZvFpJ57/?igshid=1v3m5megiygry
Happy Friday knit kids! I’m chatting about my newest pattern Autunno in the latest #eastlondonknitpodcast as well as a new lovely birthday yarn from @blackeryarns called Cove, which is out today! Link in my profile😊 [image description: Photo 1: Renée wears the Autunno hat & cowl set while pulling a fish-kiss face. Photo 2: a close up of 4 skeins of yarn and a colour card for @blackeryarns Cove yarn. . . #eastlondonknit #lanivendole #blackeryarns #knittingpattern https://www.instagram.com/p/CFARMj1JLC9/?igshid=uy5py1bngl0i
Autunno is here!💚 🍁💙 Add a bit of colour work to your life with this matching hat and cowl set. See my profile for the details🤓 Knit in gorgeous yarn from @lanivendole, this set makes a lovely gift for yourself or (your most knit-worthy loved ones 😉). [image description: Photo 1 shows the lovely geometric pattern on the crown of the Autunno hat. Photo 2 shows Renée wearing the Autunno set of matching hat and cowl] #eastlondonknit #lanivendole #autunnoknit #strandedcolorwork #fairisleknitting https://www.instagram.com/p/CE90j1FpBso/?igshid=gz7yje16vlwe
New Pattern! Autunno
AUTUNNO is a set of stranded colourwork hat and cowl, worked in three rich colours of 4 ply/fingering weight yarn. Great for perfecting your Fair Isle technique and using those lovely smaller amounts of precious yarn, this set is a luxurious unisex present for those knitworthy people in your life.
I chat about the pattern in the podcast this week. You can see all the details here!
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Happy #fairislefriday 💗 As we are headed for a little heatwave here in the UK, this is not the most seasonal post, but plan now! Autumn is just around the corner.... I have a new fair isle project coming soon too! Small, but perfectly formed and a fantastic project for small amounts of gorgeous yarn and practicing your stranded colour work technique. Watch this space... 🤓 Photo 1: #aSweaterForLucille Photo 2: #asweaterforlucille, multicolour version Photo 3: #malahidesweater https://www.instagram.com/p/CDmQcAQJCVg/?igshid=z3ugh6ptc2mz
A little cardi party parade for this Tuesday: Starting with 1. #Josephinecardi on the hanger and #angelusnovuscardi on me, 2. #themodernistcardi 3. #joycardigan 4. #piosacardigan 5. #middingcardigan 6. #wisteriablossomscardigan I hope your week is going well!! #cardiparty #eastlondonknit https://www.instagram.com/p/CDeSxytJX9T/?igshid=r319e91cbo6o
I really did appreciate the jokes everyone posted in the comments a few days ago. We should do it again sometime: Do save them up for us! I think my favourite was curtesy of @vinca56: The past, present and future walk into a bar. . . . It was tense. 🌟🌟 . . . #briocheknitting #eastlondonknit #samawrap https://www.instagram.com/p/CC7906zJbeY/?igshid=1mmcbaqwh8xpm
A lovely Sama from @KettleYarnCo 😍 I forgot to mention that I put out a podcast Friday with a bit of handmade wardrobe chat curtesy of Linda. If you are signed up to the newsletter, check your mail box, or you can see the podcast with the link in my profile🤓 #briocheknitting #eastlondonknit #kettleyarnco #samawrap #reneecallahan #indiedyedyarn #shawlknitting #nevertoomanyshawls #ihavethisthingwithyarn #ourmakerlife #shareyourknits #knitting_inspiration #tricotaddict #makersvillage #makersgonnamake #makersmovement #creativelifehappylife #wearethemakers #yarnlove #knittingpattern #knitlove #knitspiration #modernmaker https://www.instagram.com/p/CC3t5V-paKb/?igshid=1bhhu9wq27ajd
Episode 91: Are we allowed to hug?
Hello!
In the latest podcast, I chat about someone else’s handmade wardrobe, plan some travel knitting, and revisit some older designs. Happy Friday!
I will miss the next podcast, but I look forward to seeing you in August.
Happy knitting! Rx
A little detail of a shawl that is coming soon to a test knit near you! #amphidromeshawl #eastlondonknit https://www.instagram.com/p/CCoe3nsJTNS/?igshid=1dgz7oxl9cjju
And just like that, the weekend flew by... 🌬️ I had a lovely weekend, and am feeling a little sad it is over. And thank you so much to everyone who wished us a happy anniversary! 17 years (22 if you could the years of living in sin!) sounds like a long time, but, like the weekend, they have flown by. I must be feeling nostalgic and emotional, because every little lovely thing brings a tiny tear to my eye. Or maybe these strange days make the nostalgia more potent. Who knows, but I am wishing you a lovely week. ✨✨ I am wearing the Miala sweater in this photo, on a windswept day at the beginning of the year. 💙 #eastlondonknit #mialasweater https://www.instagram.com/p/CClb8kTpdNA/?igshid=15st3hlsfy91h
I was going to post this pic on the 4th of July, because the shawl looks like a flag to me for some reason. The fact that it is not quite red, white and blue seemed apt, because, in truth, I am not quite patriotic. Although I was born in the United States, I don't really think of that as an accomplishment, and therefore something to be proud of. Like many immigrants, I had no particular sense of myself as American until I moved away, when it suddenly became (sometimes painfully) evident to me. That seems like a long time ago now. I think I have, since then, comfortably settled into my foreigner status. I know not everyone has that privilege, and I am grateful for it. As it turned out, I was quite busy on Saturday, and didn't get around to posting, but here it is today. I hope you don't mind. The shawl is #angularmomentumwrap #eastlondonknit https://www.instagram.com/p/CCTJi4qpR7P/?igshid=9szlpj7p47fz
Episode 89: A Yarn from the Manor
Hello! I popped up a little podcast about a new-to-me yarn from Armscote Manor, which I hope you will enjoy with a bit of knitting this weekend.
Happy Friday! Rx
#tbt ... Get it? I am nothing if not hilarious. Scarf made from my Learn to Knit kit🤓link in profile. #learntoknit #eastlondonknit #throwbackthursday https://www.instagram.com/p/CCJIWGppjAB/?igshid=qw7ao8ih5f
Just a reminder that the discount for Malahide ends soon! You can still take advantage by signing up to the EastLondonKnit newsletter through the link in my profile. For those of you who would like the pattern, but are having difficulty with the new Ravelry website, please do just drop me an email (you can just hit 'reply' to the newsletter as well) or a message. #eastlondonknit #Malahidesweater #townhouseyarns #knitallthethings https://www.instagram.com/p/CCBOQWQJmYd/?igshid=1fm4syqyqa7gp
A wrap (mini) parade... 🤓 I like ‘em big & rectangular!! 💙 1. Hazel’s Stripes 2. Angular Momentum 3. Sama #hazelsstripes #eastlondonknit #knitknitknit #nevertoomanyshawls #samabrioche #angularmomentumwrap https://www.instagram.com/p/CB3cZHdp23X/?igshid=11y29af3qvzfc